The five passengers trapped in a helicopter that ditched into the East River off New York Sunday night may have died because they were wearing hard-to-remove harnesses in the stricken craft, investigators said.

The derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Washington state last month that killed three people may have been prevented if a railway crash-avoidance technology mandated by Congress had been activated.

A judge has recommended that the Islamic Republic of Iran pay $221,505,968.40 to insurers that made payments to their insureds for property damage and other claims arising from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A recreational operator, who didnt know that federal authorities had temporarily banned all drone flights in New York, was to blame for a September collision between his recreational device aircraft and an Army helicopter.